Ex-GOP donor urges support for Dems in midterms: 'Democracy is at stake'

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Hill

Former GOP mega-donor Seth Klarman urged voters to support Democrats in the coming midterm elections and said in a recent interview that he believes “democracy is at stake.”

“One of the reasons I’m willing to come out of my shell and talk to you is because I think democracy is at stake,” Klarman said in an interview with The New York Times published on Saturday. “And maybe I’ll be able to convince some other people of that. And get them to support Democrats in 2018.”

Klarman, who was previously one of the biggest donors to the Republican Party in New England, told The Times he has donated $4.9 million to nearly 150 candidates.

Some of the candidates who received Klarman's cash were Massacusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy, Texas senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), a potential presidential candidate, in this election cycle alone. But, as Klarman puts it: “I’m not a Democrat.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/406861-ex-gop-donor-urges-support-for-dems-in-midterms-democracy-is-at

[underpants]

1. How to deal with your own monster

That's a great name for a book.

[Trust Buster]

2. He must have thought the right wing media spending the last 20 years filling their viewers with

Unjustified rage was just meant as entertainment.

[cstanleytech]

3. Translation: He knows that in history such things like the Nazi party for example never last in

the long run so he wants to hedge his bets so he does not get caught in the blowback that is sure to happen.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. CEO of L Brands left the GOP this week

Wexner's his name. Now an independent.

[elleng]

6. Right, largest repug donor in Ohio

Wealthiest Republican in Ohio
and the CEO of the company I work for. Has announced he is no longer a Republican. YES!!!

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180914/les-wexner-renounces-republican-party-affiliation-after-obama-stops-in-columbus

[Upthevibe]

7. I was just getting ready to post this about the Ohio FORMER Republican...

Referring to President Obama's speech earlier this month in IL: "I was struck by the genuineness of the man; his candor, humility and empathy for others,” Wexner said of Obama."

[Raven123]

8. Seriously? Where has he been for the past 10 years? A GOP echo chamber perhaps.

[mountain grammy]

9. Yeah, no kidding.

[riversedge]

5. Great. Wish there was a million more like him.